diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/build.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/build.go
index 4e7741c5fb783..a506c25dc7eb7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/build.go
@@ -239,13 +239,10 @@ func ModInfoProg(info string) []byte {
 	// Populate it in an init func so that it will work with go:linkname,
 	// but use a string constant instead of the name 'string' in case
 	// package main shadows the built-in 'string' with some local declaration.
-	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`
-		package main
-		import _ "unsafe"
-		//go:linkname __debug_modinfo__ runtime/debug.modinfo
-		var __debug_modinfo__ = ""
-		func init() {
-			__debug_modinfo__ = %q
-		}
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`package main
+import _ "unsafe"
+//go:linkname __debug_modinfo__ runtime/debug.modinfo
+var __debug_modinfo__ = ""
+func init() { __debug_modinfo__ = %q }
 	`, string(infoStart)+info+string(infoEnd)))
 }